Format:
1 Online-Ressource (viii, 200 p)
Edition:
2014
ISBN:
9781501315794
,
9781501315787
,
9781501315770
Series Statement:
New directions in German studies 15
Content:
"An analysis of all the radical love relationships (heterosexual, same-sex, bisexual, biological, and adoptive) that Goethe portrays throughout his literary works"--
Content:
"Throughout his literary work Goethe portrays characters who defy and reject Enlightenment ideals of the bourgeois family, notions of heritage, assumptions about biological connections, expectations about heterosexuality, and legal mandates concerning marriage. The questions Goethe's plays and novels pose are often modern and challenging: Do social conventions, family expectations, and legal mandates matter? Can two men or two women pair together and be parents? How many partners or parents should there be? Two? One? A group? Can parents love children not biologically related to them? Do biological parents always love their children? What is the nature of adoptive parents, children, and families? Ultimately, what is the fundamental essence of love and family? Gustafson demonstrates that Goethe's conception of the elective affinities is certainly not limited to heterosexual spouses or occasionally to men desiring men. A close analysis of Goethe's explication of affinities throughout his literary production reveals his rejection of loveless relationships (for example, arranged marriages) and his acceptance and promotion of all relationships formed through spontaneous affinities and love (including heterosexual, same-sex, bisexual, group, parental, and adoptive)"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781501315763
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Gustafson, Susan E., 1959 - Goethe's families of the heart New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2016 ISBN 9781501315763
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781501315770
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781501315787
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1501315765
Language:
English
Subjects:
German Studies
Keywords:
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von 1749-1832
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Familie
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Liebe
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Electronic books
DOI:
10.5040/9781501315794
Author information:
Gustafson, Susan E. 1959-
